Trump grants disaster declaration, funds for Kansas counties recovering from summer storms - Butler County Times-Gazette

Trump grants disaster declaration, funds for Kansas counties recovering from summer storms - Butler County Times-Gazette

By Anna KaminskiKansas Reflector TOPEKA — President Donald Trump granted a disaster declaration for Kansas Friday in the wake of destructive June storms and after bipartisan support from lawmakers concerned with recovery efforts. Severe storms landed in southeast and south-central Kansas on June 3, causing tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that lasted until June 7 and damaged farms, homes and power lines. Roads in some areas were impas…